A Note from Fatty: As always, let’s start the post with a nice convenient link to the donation page so when you choose to make that donation, you don’t have to go searching through this post for the link you need. Aren’t I helpful?

To make it clear, when you donate, you’re entered to win every prize I have described so far, like the Africa in Moab trip I described at the beginning of this fundraiser, and the Stumpy FSR I revealed yesterday. Or the extremely Special (gee, I wonder why I chose the word “special,” and why I chose to capitalize it. Could it be a clue?) high-end road bike I’m going to reveal tomorrow.

But not everyone needs — or wants — a super high-end bike. Some people want to use their bike to get around town, go to work, ride with the kids, and just enjoy being outside.

One of the things I really like about Miir is that for every bottle you buy, they donate a dollar to Onedayswages.org, toward providing clean water to people in Africa. That’s very cool. I like supporting companies like this.

But in addition to bottles, Miir is now making bicycles, with a giving strategy similar to their bottles. When you buy a bike from them, you’re also donating to World Bicycle Relief.

Not content with that, though, Miir has given me a bike to give away as part of the Grand Slam for Zambia 2.

Well, actually, they’re going to let the winner choose between a couple of different kinds of bikes, depending on the kind of riding you like to do.

So let’s check them out.

The Wave: A Singlespeed / Fixie

The Wave is a singlespeed commuter and is designed to be simple and reliable, with undeniable style so you can enjoy the ride as you turn heads. Thanks to the flip-flop hub you can either coast or flip the rear hub and ride it as a fixed gear. Nice.

The chromoly frame and fork are designed with plenty of room for fenders or a rack so you can customize your Wave.

Miir isn’t the only company adding awesomeness to the Grand Slam 2 Pile o’ Prizes today. My BFFs (yep, I totally know all the cool acronym the kids are using these days) at Twin Six are putting up six prizes of their own.

You know Twin Six? The guys who make the very most awesome jerseys and t-shirts in the world? Like this:

Well, check this out: Twin six is giving away gift certificates for $134 each (yep, the cost of a WBR bike) to Six (get it?) lucky winners. Shyeah.

The real problem with this prize will be the obsessing you’ll do trying to narrow down what you’re going to get from all the things you love.

How To Enter

To have a chance at winning the prizes I announced today, the prize I announced yesterday (!!!), the prize I’m going to announce tomorrow, the trip to Moab, or the boatload of additional prizes I’m going to be announcing during the next couple of weeks, all you need to do is something you’d feel good about doing anyway:

For every prize I announce, we’ll do a random drawing from the big ol’ hat. And with all these prizes I’m announcing (I think the count is up to a dozen right now, and it’s going to keep going up), your chances of winning have got to be better than in the average contest, right?

If your name is pulled from the ‘big old hat’ …and I hope that hat is not one of Fatty’s personal hats, ’cause I’ve seen those and they’re not so big…..can it be pulled more than once? A new MTB and road bike would be so cool to take to Moab in Africa. (If you’re going to dream, might as well dream BIG!)

By the way how long do I have to redeem my winning prize from last year? I believe i still have some ROAD ID credit out there.

I once worked in a bike shop in Washington, DC. In 1998 a guy came in to buy 5 bicycles. He wanted them outfitted with foam tires and shipped to Africa. This guy ran an outfit there and wanted to give the bicycles to his employees so they could ride to work instead of walk everyday (among other things). That was the first time I recognized the power of a bicycle in developing countries – easier access to education, employment, and all of the other things that seem trivial in developed countries. Great cause, I hope you hit your goal of $250k!